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Although originally forming as a rock trio in 1995, New York's Coheed and Cambria officially took root in 2001, shedding their former name of Shabutie and embracing a fusion of progressive rock, emocore, and highly conceptual album themes. Vocalist/guitarist Claudio Sanchez, guitarist Travis Stever, bassist Michael Todd, and drummer Joshua Eppard issued their group's full-length debut, 2002's The Second Stage Turbine Blade, on the Albany-based Equal Vision Records. The band toured extensively for more than a year in support of the album, which was created as the second installment (although the band's first release) of a five-part fictional saga about the doomed marriage of two characters, Coheed and Cambria, whose children may or may not be infected with a serum whose power can destroy the universe. The Amory Wars, a detailed graphic novel series written by Sanchez himself, further explains the band's science fiction narratives.

In fall 2003, Coheed and Cambria issued In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3. The vibrant sophomore effort (part three of the five-part saga) resulted in moderate success on the Billboard charts, with the singles "A Favor House Atlantic" and "Blood Red Summer" faring well on such media outlets as MTV. Coheed and Cambria subsequently toured North America with Thursday, Thrice, AFI, and Rainer Maria. They also joined the tenth annual Warped Tour in summer 2004 and embarked on their first headlining European tour, whose dates coincided with the success of the "Favor House Atlantic" single. The invigorated band then returned with Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness in September 2005; the album (part four) was also the first installment of a two-part conclusion to the band's running sci-fi story line. Released by Columbia Records, it hit number seven on Billboard's Top 200, partially due to the success of "The Suffering" and "Welcome Home."

All was not well within the group, however, and both bassist Michael Todd and drummer Josh Eppard departed in 2006. While the band paused to sort out its future, Equal Vision released the debut from Sanchez's indie electronic solo project, the Prize Fighter Inferno, that October. Entitled My Brother's Blood Machine, the album continued in the tradition of Sanchez's primary group, spinning a tale of three families in a story that predates the Coheed/Cambria saga and is narrated by Inferno (aka Jesse, Coheed's brother). Meanwhile, Sanchez and Stever decided to carry on and, bolstered by the return of Todd and the temporary enlistment of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, began recording their fourth album, Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 2: No World for Tomorrow. The group's lineup was soon cemented with the addition of ex-Dillinger Escape Plan drummer Chris Pennie, and the album -- part two of the saga's two-tiered conclusion -- was released in October 2007. ~ Andrew Leahey & Bradley Torreano, All Music GuideMore

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Coheed and Cambria
It would be hard to find a band with grander artistic scope than Coheed and Cambria. Over the course...
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Most Popular Music Videos (10)

Welcome Home
(Duration: 4:24)
Jun 28th, 11:45pm
Feathers
(Duration: 3:59)
Jun 23rd, 7:31pm
A Favor House Atlantic
(Duration: 3:29)
Aug 10th, 10:24pm
A Favor House Atlantic
(Duration: 3:29)
Jun 28th, 10:34pm
The Running Free
(Duration: 4:12)
Jun 29th, 10:52pm
Mother Superior
(Duration: 5:54)
Jun 23rd, 7:33pm
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Fan Comments

Nov 14th, 7:46pm
..you are the best.. thumbs up!
Oct 20th, 10:49pm
Check out this live performance of coheed and Cambria at Austin City Limits!! If you want to see more live performances and exclusive interviews get the Rock on Altitude application on your iPhone, Blackberry or Android today!! http://www.rockonaltitude.com/?page_id=2311
Oct 8th, 2:37pm
C&C you guys rock the High Pitch world!
Sep 19th, 9:31pm
I love Coheed=), i went in april and got The Keywork tattooed on my back, haha, getting the dragonfly soon:)
Aug 28th, 5:49pm
coheed & cambria is one of my all-time faves! Them or The Used!! I pre-ordered ARTWORK and I can't wait for the new CD this monday!!! They're doing a twitter listening party on release date; check out theused.net for info people!!
Aug 12th, 12:47am
sup spider
Aug 10th, 5:13am
Im surprised i don't hear yall on the radio considering how beast yall are.
Aug 10th, 5:12am
Great Band, im trying to think on what to say hehe, thats all i can say because the song Welcome Home is my favorite by yall and im speachless when I listen to it :D.
Jul 4th, 3:40pm
if by any chance that this guys will be visiting PHILIPPINES,i'll do anything and everyhting just to see them